Author: James Martin
(CNN) — It’s not every day that you spot a cruise ship for sale on Craigslist. So Chris Willson was immediately intrigued when he stumbled across a 293-foot vessel listed on the classified advertisements website back in 2008.The retired “pocket” cruise ship, built in Germany, was moored in the California Delta at the time, and its then owner was keen to offload it.After seeing the listing pop up numerous times Willson, who was working on developing virtual reality tours, decided to do some investigating. “I kind of posed as a potential buyer, even though I really didn’t have any interest…
The family of Nathan Stapleton have confirmed that the former Cronulla winger has been left a quadriplegic after suffering a spinal cord injury while playing rugby union in country NSW.Stapleton, who played 61 games for the Sharks, sustained the injury while playing for Boorowa in a game against West Wyalong on 9 April.The match was abandoned and the 32-year-old was transferred to Sydney’s Royal North Shore hospital where he has begun rehabilitation.Stapleton has an 18-month old son with partner Kate and the couple are expecting a second child in July.A GoFundMe page set up on behalf of his family said…
Editor’s Note — Sign up for Unlocking the World, CNN Travel’s weekly newsletter. Get news about destinations opening and closing, inspiration for future adventures, plus the latest in aviation, food and drink, where to stay and other travel developments.(CNN) — The closure of airspace due to Russia’s military aggression and the opening of borders to Ukrainian refugees has begun to exert influence on global travel freedoms, according to the latest data complied on the world’s most travel-friendly passports.While there’s been little change at the at the top of a list of countries with so-called powerful passports — meaning those with…
Mrs Hinch fans often share cleaning tips and tricks on dedicated social media pages. Posting on the Mrs Hinch Cleaning Tips Facebook page, Tracey Devine wrote: “Does anyone have any good stain removal hacks for kids clothes please? I have a pizza stain on a hoodie that I can’t shift.” More than 30 group members shared tips in the comments.Stains are typically pigments which are extremely hard to remove if they have already sunk into the fabric.Red wine, tomato sauces and soy sauce are amongst the common staining food items.Taking to the comments, Wilma Keating wrote: “Use washing up liquid…
Editor’s Note — Sign up for Unlocking the World, CNN Travel’s weekly newsletter. Get news about destinations opening and closing, inspiration for future adventures, plus the latest in aviation, food and drink, where to stay and other travel developments.(CNN) — Move over, Guangzhou. Georgia’s Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport is once again the world’s busiest airport.The US airport was knocked off its No. 1 perch to the No. 2 slot in passenger volume in 2020 by Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport in China, breaking the Atlanta airport’s 22-year streak in the top slot. Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport was still the busiest passenger…
1) An unlikely double for Everton fans?While their team was unconvincing and a little bit lucky in their midweek draw with Leicester and the win against Manchester United that preceded it, Everton fans will not care too much how their players perform, or how many goals go in, as long as they can keep hoovering up enough points to keep them ahead of Burnley in the table. On Sunday they make the short trip to Anfield and, given the respective recent performances of themselves and their hosts, it is difficult to envisage anything other than an emphatic Liverpool win. But…
(CNN) — Some of the world’s most innovative artists and photographers have teamed up with a cruise line in a bid to help change the face of travel marketing.Celebrity Cruises has simultaneously launched a new campaign featuring images by the likes of Annie Leibovitz, and the world’s first free to use, “open source” travel image library, with the aim of changing the meaning of “all-inclusive” in the travel industry.The work of Leibovitz, along with Black LGBTQ artist Naima Green, Jarrad Seng, an Australian photographer and filmmaker of Malaysian-Chinese descent, as well as photographer and triple amputee Giles Duley, is featured…
Whole-genome sequencing of tumours from thousands of NHS patients has detected a “treasure trove” of previously unidentified patterns in cancer DNA. Professor Matt Brown, chief scientific officer at the taxpayer-owned body Genomics England, said: “This is a major step forward in how we analyse cancers. It gives us new insights into the cause of quite a large range of cancers.”He said that the groundbreaking work showed this country was leading the world in genomic Genomics England, said: “This is a major step forward in how we analyse cancers. It gives us new insights into the cause of quite a large range…
(CNN) — Venice is famously not short of tourists, but its newest sight aims to harness the city’s overtourism problem by pointing visitors towards social responsibility.The Procuratie Vecchie in St. Mark’s Square — one of the most famous buildings in one of the world’s most famous city spaces — has opened to the public for the first time in history. Built in the early 1500s to hem in the Basilica of St. Mark, creating the square, after an earlier building was destroyed by fire, the building’s 500-foot, Neoclassical façade is one of the most famous images of Venice. Its ground…
EYESIGHT typically deteriorates as the years dwindle by, with people developing an eye condition known as presbyopia. You can, however, take steps to slow down changes in your vision. Source link